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A quick post to wish you all a belated new year. Was flipping through some old tracks yesterday and thought this post would be a good way to usher in the new year.

Firstly, I was digging around and found this old gem from Slum Village’s first album “Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1)” (1996). Its Dilla and Slum Village joy all the way through. What I didn’t know about this album is that is consisted of songs written in 96/97 but was not officially released until 8 years later. It had leaked in ’97 to critical acclaim.

Secondly, in anticipation of another Black Star album (its been 13 years since the last LP!), here is the single “Fix Up” released in Nov 2011. By the way Mos Def is now Yasiin Bey…go figure.

20 year old Alex Koone (aka Balam Acab) lays down a great remix of “Kimmi in a Rice Field”, soundcloud download link below. This young American producer is doing some fantastic work, having recently put out a remix of Lana Del Rey’s ” Video Games” and a fantastic mash up of UK bass genres and US rnb in Ghost Town DJ’s “My Boo”, also included below.

Lovely rolling deep track. Reminds me a lot of Prescription tracks, where the kick is soft and low and everything builds nicely through the track. Some more stuff and a solid Mary Anne Hobbes mix by Mr Beatnick here.

While touring with Aloe Blacc in France, producer Exile showed off his skills on the MPC. Its quite a sight to watch! Also check out a little combo of MPC and mic skills from French rapper Roce. Exile has a new album out “4 track mind” on label Soulspazm.

If your weekend is kicking off, this nostalgic chi-town track should get things going for you. This is from the debut album, out now, from Shades of Gray who have been putting out some good stuff on Om Records and Tronicsole. Enjoy!

Parisian based producer Onra is back with another Vietnamese/Chinese record sampling album. Chinoiseries 2 picks up on the success of the first series, released in 2007, and follows the same theme. Some good tracks on the album, check below.

Interesting fact: Chinoiserie is the French term, signifying “Chinese-esque”. Chinoiserie is a mixture of Eastern and Western stylistic elements for both the decoration and shape.